Angola
With an estimated 2.5 percent of the adult population
HIV positive, Angola has the lowest rate of HIV
prevalence in continental southern Africa. Angola’s
first case of HIV was diagnosed in 1985. According
to UNAIDS, HIV prevalence among pregnant
women remained fairly stable at 2.4 percent in 2004
and 2.5 percent in 2005. During the 1975-2002
Angolan civil war, cross-country travel was nearly
impossible, thus impeding the spread of HIV/AIDS.
In the six years since the war, movement has
become less restricted, and the likelihood of HIV
reaching once-isolated communities has increased.
As of December 2005, UNAIDS estimated that
320,000 people living in Angola were HIV positive.
However, according to the National Institute
Against HIV/AIDS, 400,950 people were living
with AIDS in 2006.
In Angola, USAID conducts focused HIV/AIDS prevention and condom distribution activities among groups at risk of
transmitting or contracting the disease; supports voluntary counseling and testing in four health facilities; and promotes
abstinence and delaying sexual debut among youth.
View the USAID
HIV/AIDS Health Profile for Angola - September 2008 [PDF,
102KB].
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